Conveyer.



I F. 1. COULIERES & R. H. BELLMAN.

CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1915.

Patented June 6, 1916,

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FRaNKJ co LIERns AND ROBERT E. BELLMAN, or NEW KENSING'II'ON, rENNsYn VANIA,

CONVEYER.

To all 'HILO'I/l it may concern:

vBe it known that we, F Rank J. CoULmnEs,"

a subject of the King ofGreece, and RoBERT ll. Bruin-n x, a citizen of the United States, residing atNew Kensmgton, 1n the county of Westmoreland and State of P ennsylvania,

have invented certainynew and useful Imirovements in Conve ers of, which the follcwing is specification.

This invention relates to conveyer-s, particularly adaptedfor the transportation of metallic sheets or plates, and has for its object to provide a conveyer ina manner as hereinafter set forth with means for con ve in metal lates while in a standim orupright position for the purpose of cooling them and to further provide thelconveyer with means for transporting the cooled plates through a flour box and then dischargingthemupon atrack for transport-a 'drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is .tobe understood that changes, variations and modlfications can be resorted to-which come within the of a supporting bracket for the sheet or plate.

Referring to the drawings in detail the conveyer includes a supporting frame consisting of pairs of parallel uprights 1,2, 3 and 4 and the pairs of uprights are spaced from each other. The uprights of the pair 1 3 are of greaterheight than the uprights of .the pairs 1, 2 and 4: and the uprights ofthe pair 4 are of less height than the u rights of the pair The uprights ofsai pairs of Specification of Letters Patent.

parts v Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed Aprilfl, 1915. Serial No. 20,121.

uprights are arranged in alinement and connected together by longitudinally extending members 5, 6, which are in the form of angle bars and are secured in positionby hold fast devices 7. The members 5 and 6 are posi tioned below the tops of the uprights of the said pairs. The uprights of the pairs 3 and 1 are connected together by longitudinally extendmg angle irons 8 arranged above the members 5 and 6. The angle irons 8 are positioned below the tops of the uprights of the pair 3. The angle irons 8 constitute supports to be presently referred to. The uprights of each pair are spaced from each other and the upper ends of the uprights of the pairs 1 and 2 are provided with bearings 9 and 10, respectively. Mounted in the bearings 9 of theuprights of the pair 1 is a shaft 11 provided with a pair of sprocket Wheels 12, and mounted in the bearings 10 of the uprights of the pair 2 is a shaft 13 provided with a pair of sprocket wheels 14:. Mounted upon the members 5 and 6 are bearings 15 and journaled in the said bearings is a shaft 16, carrying a pair of sprocket wheels 17. Traveling over the sprocket wheels 12, 14 and 17 is a conveyer element consisting ofa pair of endless sprocket chains 18 which are connected together by spaced transverse bars 19, each carrying a U-shape supporting bracket 20, formed with a supporting ledge 21. The arms of each of the brackets 20, which are indicated by the reference character 22, have rearwardly extending brace members 23 which are connected as at 2 1 to the chains 18. The supporting brackets 20.

are secured to the chains 18 in a manner whereby they will be disposed at an inclination with respect to the line of travel of the conveyer element and by such an arrangement when the conveyer element is trans. porting metal sheets or. plates these latter will be maintained in an inclined position and the said conveyer element is employed for the purpose oftransporting the plates to cool them. The pair of uprights 2 are of slightly greater height than thepa-ir, of uprights 1 whereby sprocket wheels 14 will be positioned slightly above the sprocket wheels '12 so that the conveyer elements. when traveloperating proximity to the chains 18 whereby said elecan receive from the bracket 20 a ment 28 metallic sheet or plate when the bracket ;is in the position as shown at 29,-Fig. 1 The shaft 13 is extended, as well as the shaft 26, and'the said shafts 13, 26 are operatively.

connected together by a transmission belt 30 whereby when the shaft 13 is operated motion will be imparted to the shaft 26 and the conveyer element 28v operated. The conveyerelement 28 is formed in two sections as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Mounted upon the tops of the uprights of the pair 3 are bearings 31 and journaled in said bearings is a shaft 32.

Carried by the angle irons 8 are supports 33,-.provided with bearings 34, in which is journaled a shaft 35, the latter being extended and oper'atively connected to the shaft 26by a transmission ments elements is to eng ag e the nlatepor sheet belt 36. The shafts 32 and 35- are provided with sprocket wheels 37 andengaging said sprocket wheels 37 are a pair ofen'dlessv sprocket chains 39, carrying shifting ele- 40 and the function of the shifting transported by the conveyer 28 and shift the same through a flour chamber 41, the

latter being provided with a table 42, upon which the plate or sheet is shifted. Arranged within the flour chamber '41 is a pair of brushes 43, which are operatively connected together, and one driven by a transmission belt-44 which is associated with the shaft 35. At the front of the chamber 41 spaced guides 45 are provided to prevent the buckingofthe sheet.

Arranged upon the angle irons 8, in front of the guides L5, is a conveyer device con sisting of a frame 46 and a pair of superposed conveyer rolls 47, a pair of superposed conveyor rolls 48 and a pair of guides 49, these latter being positioned between the pairs of rolls 47 and 48. Guides 49 prevent the sheet or plate from bucking when operated on by the rolls 47, as for the purpose of conveying the sheet to a counter-balanced pivoted table 50, carried by'a support 51. The shafts of the upper rolls of the pair'siof rolls 47, 48 are indicated at 52, 53, and 6peratively connected together by a belt 54 and the shaft is operatively connected to the shaft 35 by atransmission belt 55.

The reference character 56 denotes a suppoiqing frame, carrying a track 57, upon which travels a truck 58 and thelatter is arranged below the table 50 and is adapted to haveuthe metallic sheets dumped thereon whereby the .sheets can be transported to any point desired.

That we claim is l convey er for the purpose set forth comprising a conveyer mechanisnrfor transporting metallicsheetsin an upright position, means for receiving the sheets from said conveyer mechanism, a flour room arranged in the path of the travel of the sheets and having means for cleaning the sheets when shifted there-tln-ough, means for shifting said sheets from said receiving means through said'fiour means, and a combined sheet receiving and dumping means for the reception of thesheets from the said flour room, and means fortransporting sheets from the flour room to said combined receiving and dumping means, said conveyer mechanism including spaced permanently" inclined U-shaped supporting brackets for the metallic sheets, and said receiving means of less width than said brackets to take up the sheets thereof duringthe operation of the conveyer.

2. A conveyer comprising a conveyer mechanism including inclined supports for maintaining metallic sheets at an inclination during the ope 'ation of said mechauism, a receiving means for taking up the metallic sheets from said supports during the operation.of said mechanism, a flour room associated with said receiving means and adapted to have the sheets shifted there-through and further adapted to have means for cleaning the sheets when shifted there-through, traveling shifting elements arranged above said receiving means and capable of engaging the plates taken up by said means for shifting themthrough said flour room, and means for transporting the plates after passing through said flour room on a truck.

3. A conveyer comprising a conveyer mechanism including inclined supports for maintaining metallic sheets at an inclination during the'operation of said mechanism, a receiving means for taking up the metallic sheets from said supports during the operation of said mechanism, a flour room asso-.

ciated with said receiving means and adapt-.

said receiving means and capable of engaging the plates taken up by said means for shifting them through sand flour room, and

means for transporting the plates after passing through said flour room on a truck, said transporting means including a dumping element for discharging the plates onto a truck.

4. A conveyer comprising a eonveyer element including spaced permanently inclined Ushaped supporting brackets for maiuitaining metallic sheets in a standing position when transported by said eonveyer element means for taking up said metallic sheets fronrsuid supporting elements during the operation of the eonveyer elements, and means for shifting the plates ofi' from said take up means and into flour room, a room adapted to have means for clezuiing plates and associating with said shifting means, said 

